Wednesday, September 5, 2007

MAN (/WOMAN) that is; human in its truest meaning

"...the All-Knowing, the All Wise Who created Adam in his own image, Who gave him the ability to reason so that he may uncover the secrets of this world, recognise the bounties of his Lord, unravel the mysteries that shroud his soul and all faculties; so that he may balance instinct with rationale and not let any overwhelm the other, to pay heed to instinct when justice demands truth unhindered by the complexities of rationale, to follow rationale when order is near to being hijacked by anarchy due to spirits fuelled by instinct;

Elevated him to the pinnacle of creation, privileged him with the title of Ashraf-ul-Makhluqat and trusted him to establish civilisations sustained by the sagacity that he alone had been bestrowed with, illuminated with a blend of logic and emotions-that which he secured in the brain and the heart, so that he may doubt the tradition, question the stated, challenge the expressed, reflect on the obvious, voice the concluded and yet not offend nor transgress the emotive humane limits by knowing when to stay put and when to burst forth;

Uphold the right to doubt, to question, to challenge, to reflect and to voice, the right to celebrate the faculties that made him human, to justify his stature, his very existence."

Asma Qadir

Keep thinking and keep doubting. Keep making those mistakes. Keep learning for human evolution demands all that.

It's difficult to be human.

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